Tire tool



va neiv and useful lmproveinent in Tire Vabove' stated;A and other objects Patented Bee, 19, 1922.

ineen iti i TIRE TOOL.k

.Application filed April 19,

T 0 @ZZ fio/wm z'tmey concern Be it lnowvnthat l, GUSTAF A. SArsTRoM, f a citizen of the United States, residingat 1516 E. 64th Street, Chicago, inthe county oi' Cook and State o1 llinois, lhave invented Tools, ofwhich thel iiolloivingis'a speciiica-- tion'. f f `My yinvention relates to tire tools Afor. use in the manipulating of tires of atype' re'-y quiring that fthe "sides thereofjbe forced together for applying, or removing them, from the rimofawvh'eel, asvfor'example' inthe case of clincher tires involving Abeads'.along their opposite'edges and iforzthe manipulation olf which my' inventin'vvas more par ticularly devised, 'my invention' in its,E preferred embodiment providing means Where-l by a-tire or" the'bharacter above 'stated'inay be removed from a rim and valso means whereby it maylbe applied to arim. i' My primary object, generallyv stated, is to provide a novel,'simpleand inexpensive con struction of tire to'ol by which a tire of the type stated may 'bequiclrly removed from a rim, Without danger of impairing the tire, and which will operate positively, and prevent slippage; another object is to provide a tire too'lwhereby a tire off the type stated may be readily replaced on 'a vrim Without danger of impairing the tire; another ob-. ject is to provide in a single tool for'tlie accomplishment of both "of the prp'oses as will be understood :from the following: V

Referring to the accompanying drawin ligure 1 isa view in side elevation ef. a tire tool constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 is an edgej View o1: the same. kFigure 3 is anenlarged section taken at the line onJFig. 1 andview in the direction oi' the arrow.`v Figure 4c is a. broken cross-sectional view of a rim and tireof the clineher type shoiving myi'mproved tool' applied thereto 'or removing the tire, the parts being shown in one of the positions they assume during such operation. Figure 5 is a similar vieiv showing the parts in another position during the operation of removing the tire from the Wheel; and Figure 6, a similar View showing the use of the tool for applying a tire to the rim.

ln accordance with the particular, illustrated,embodiment of my invention, l form the tool of a head-forming member T ,which le20.. serial Neem-,947.

is preferably of curve shape as shown adapt-A ing it tobe applied to a'- tirezon a rim, to. i

straddle thetire. vOne en'd'o the member 7,

yat its inner side is provided With apo-rtien V8 which extendstransversely of' the tool for engaging on'e sideofa tire. to 'fvvhich the ltool 71s" applied,`thesurface oftheportion 8 at which it engages the tire beingpreiferably serrated as indicated at 9, and Widenedout --to extend. laterally beyond' the 4body of the member 7 in both directions as indicated in vFig. 2. e The inner side fof the member?" beyyondithe portion-8 is recessedas indicated "at 10 rto prevent'interference by the edge Vofthe rim ofthe Wheel, in the operation of removing a tire, and its bottom surface is recessed' as indicated at 11 to'engage the rim .flange duringjone stage of the operation of removing a tire'. zThe other extremity of the -member 7, ivhich is formed ywith a tubular extension 12, has' an'openin'g 13 extending l there-through, the ,Wall or" fvvhich, throughout .i aportiono'its length, is internally screwthreaded as indicated at y*14,thisj thread being preferably-locate'd inl the extensionl.

The described apertured portion of the meml ber-7 aiiqordsa supporting bearing for a rod lsxvhich is rotatable in this extension, this rod being provided throughout a portion of f its length with ascrewv-thread 16 adapted to screw into the kthread 11 i'vhereby-Y in the rotation olf the rod 15 thelattermoves lengthwise inthe member 7 inl a ldirectiondepending upon the rotationl et this rod. The inner end oiithe rod 15 is of reduced diameter as represented at 17T itorn'nng a pivot iter a `tireiengaging elementlS similar to the tireeng `-jmg portion .8 as shown and which op-y poses the latter, substantially in a line with the rod 15, the `outer end vfoi the portion 17 being shouldered,` as indicated at 19,A to pre, vent disengagement of theelementlS from the rod;butpermitting rotation-,oitl the rod relative to this el.ement.f 'l"`he other end ot the rod r15,"Whi'chr forms an operating handle i for the tool, is so formed as to present means for assembling a tire with a rim, and to this end the rod 15 is recessed as indicated at 20 to provide a claw 21 adjacent to which is a stop surface 22 'for a purpose hereinafter described, the rod 15 intermediate the threaded part 16 and the claw 21 being equipped With a bar 23 extending transversely of the rod and serving as a means for turning the rod 15 and also as a stop For the tire in the operation of assembling the tire with the riin, the har 23 extending through an opening 2d in the rod l5.

To use the tool tor removing a tire troni a riin, as for eiiainple lthe tire represented at 25, troni the rim 26 ot' a wheel 27, the operator applies the tool to the tire to cause the ineniber to straddle the tire and extend transversely thereof the bead of the rirn 26 at one side ot the wheel extending into the recess 10 as shown in Fig. il. In this position ot the tool the tire-engaging portions S and 18 extend above thernn flanges. The operator then rotates the rod 15l in clockwise direction in the ineniber which shifts this rod, andthe tire-engaging portion 18 carried thereby, toward the tireengaging portion 8,' the operator turning the rod through the--inediunr oit the cross piece 28, and continuing` to turn the rod until'the parts ot' the tool assume generally the position shown in Fig.y 4l wherein the 'tire is collapsed as shown and the tire bead,

represented at 28, at one sident the tire is 'forced inwardly out otl engagement with the adjacent riin flange, at the point where the tool is clamping the tire and ior seine distance at opposite sides thereof. The operater then swings the tooldownwardly at its handle-equipped end, the bar portion l5 coni gby Letters Patent is:

tacting with theadjacent flange ot' the rini and operating as a tulcrurn, in the continued downward swinging of the tool.i In this nioven'ient ot' the tool the extremity thereof containing the recesses l0 and 11 is caused to swing upwardly to a `.position in which it engagesthe adjacent rim-flange, the other bead represented at 29, of the tire, drawing out ot interlocking relation with the adjacent riin liange, at a point adjacent to the tireengaging portion 8 and for some distance at each side thereof7 the recessed portion 1l ot the tool in this operation becoming positioned directly above the adjacent riin Flange The operator then swings the tool in the opposite direction, the member '7 becoming seated at its recess ll on vthe adjacent riin liange as shown in Fig. 5, and termH ing a tulcrurn for the tool, the operator coin inning to swing the tool on this fulcruin, to the left in Figs. l and 5 to the desired extent tor pulling the tire out 'of engagernent with the rim flanges, itr necessary the operator swinging the tool throughout 2600,

or more, troni the position shown in Figs.

. et and 5.

in the use of the tool for applying a tire to a rim, the operator lirst applies the tire t0 the riin as far as possible by hand, and then introduces the end of the tool provided with the clawQl, under the portion oil the tire not engagedwith the rirn, to cause the clawQl to interlock with the adjacent rini flange as shownin Fig. 6. The operator then swingsv the tool upwardly to the right in Fig. 6 with the result of forcing the tire into final position on the rirn 26. nzthis operation the rod Q3 forms. a stop tor the tire, preventing its displacement on the tool in the wrong direction. The-shoulder 22 serves the highly usetul purposeot'preventing the tool troinslipping towardthe center or" the'riin and into such position that the claw might damage the tire.-

While l have illustrated and described a f particular.construction `of tire tool embodying Iny inrentioml do lnot wish to he understoodas intending to liniit it thereto as the saine may be variously inodiiied and laltered without departing from the spirit l; A tire-tool formed ot a handle portion, ineans at one end of Said handle portion for gripping a tire troni opposite sides thereof to collapse the tire, means at the opposite end ot said handle portion for prying a tire into place on a rirn, and a cross-piece on said handle-portion yserving as a means for opern ating said first-named means and as stop ttor the tire in the application of the latter. to a rino.y

2. 'A tire-tool torined of a handle portion, a ineinber with which said handle portion has threaded engagement, tire-engaging portions ;ior engaging thel opposite sides ol a tire7 respectively, one ot said portions heing on said member and the other ot said portions being inoif'able by rotating said had ille, means at the opposite end ot' said handle portion for prying a tire into place on a rini, and a cross-piece on said handle portion serving as a ineans tor-'rotating the latter and also as a stop for the tire.

' GUSTAF A. SAFSTROM. 

